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A clean bike
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In The Box Left
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| It s definitely time for an adventure!
Sitting at Zurich airport and waiting for the flight. It s difficult to
belive it happend at the end, it s even harder to realize THE JOURNEY IS
GOING TO BEGIN!!! This dream is 12 Years old, actualy 2 years ago Ian and I
decided one morning to do it, to ride the outback on a motorbike. We started
to prepare the trip 12 months ago by riding to the Sahara and unfortunately
today it s just me to go for it. Ian, I will realy miss you on this trip!
To start I have to say thanks to all those people who made this trip
possible. First off all to Peter who spend nights and nights working on the
bike, always beeing very patient with my mechanical knowledge and all my
special wishes... To Ian for having the idea and for a great preparation
time in Maroc. To David, Isaabel and Bernhard which I hope to meet soon in
Perth for leting me join their team. To Sandro and the Moto 69 crew for
support and bike service. To Chris for dooing my accounts and being nervous
with me. To Nick for correcting and maintaining my web site. To Markus and
Martin for beeing open-minded to let me go. And to ALL friends, familiy and
peopel I missed to mention for always understanding my dream and supporting
me! THANK YOU!
I have no idea how this trip will end, I mean there is a fair chance not to
arrive trying to cross a desert. This is no "going for a walk" or "package
tour" and might fail seriousely. But this is life and I know which risks I
go for. Just in case I will not have the possibility to defend myself later
on: I realy, realy wanted to do this and if I fail it was on my own risk and
my own decision, I m always aware of what I m dooing and which risks I go
for!
The trip will start in Perth where I plan to meet David and Isabel from
Winterthur/CH as well as Bernhard from Vienna. We will have to get our
bikes, 4x KTM LC4 Adventure, through customs and then re-assemble them, good
luck they are already prepared for this type of journey. The planed route is
Perth to Alice Springs, then through the Simpson Desert and Queensland up to
Cape York, from there to Darwin and back to Perth through the Kimberly
region. All in all a 15,000 km ish trip, including some of the most lonely
places in world.
If you need to, you can reach me by sending a message to my satelite phone
for free via http://www.iridium.com (follow the link to send a SMS). The
number is: +8816 314 271 61. I ll call you back or try to read my email
within 24 hours usualy. If you want to send me a mail use
iridium[At]capex.ch. Please do NOT attach anything to those mails. Please
send plain text and delete any forward or replay informations from the mail,
your email might cost me a few $$$ else!
Life is very strange sometimes. Beeing in the Go In bar yesterday night and
having one or two beers with brothers and mates, now near Bucharest at
37 000 feet... arriving in Dubai in a few hours. (near Istanbul in the
meantime...). I m nervous and happy, always having a big smile on my face
:-)
See you all and save rides
(A very happy) Kudi
PS: Very strange, near Irak in the meantime, unreal somehow... |
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Bye Bye
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On Board
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Dubai Airport
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